what is this amp bobbie is playing thru??

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Paul Wade
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what is this amp bobbie is playing thru??

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came across this picture of bobbie playing
a d-10 emmons and this amp???
does anybody know what amp is

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Looks a bit "Webbesque"
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Love the "stage" treatment :)
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Interesting location for the Emmons logo on the front of the guitar.
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That's a Marshall half stack. Bobbe just left it in the dryer too long.
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With a beer barrel speaker cabinet !! :D
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Bobbe is this the Sally studio WFIL ?
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Another question

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What kind of six string is the guy next to him playing?

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I used to watch Sally Starr on WFIL in Phila, and I don't remember any stage like that.
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Post by Dave Hopping »

Glenn-
Don't know about Bobbe's amp,but the six-string to his left looks a whole lot like a Micro-Frets.
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Eric, that's Sally.. I met her when I was 7 and she was a babe!
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Post by Gary Jones »

I don't know the amp, but the guitar looks to be a Fender Starcaster. Designed by Gene Fields they were manufactured roughly from 1975 until 1982. They were a semi-hollowbody design, and were never very popular. They come up from time to time on e-bay.

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The guitar is a Micro-Frets
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Post by John Billings »

The guitar is not a Starcaster. I had one. The Starcaster had an offset shape, kinda like a Strat shape. Not a bad guitar,,,,, but not popular. Mine was blonde, and very curly. Sold it to Gruhn. He wanted it bad.
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Post by Gary Jones »

My mistake. The headstock resembles the Starcaster, but the body is too symmetric to be a fender. Definitely a Micro-Frets

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Gary,

Does that look like a 10" JBL in that amp?
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Post by Gary Jones »

The best I can say is could be a JBL 10. The aluminum cone kind of points in that direction, but I really can't be sure.

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It's time for mine!
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It has WEBB control buttons on it and a 10" JBL -
Maybe it is a Webb Short Stack.
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Post by chris ivey »

i think there is an 18" woofer pointed down in the barrel.
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